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Mary Gentle

Born

in Eastbourne, Sussex, The United Kingdom

March 29, 1956

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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This author also writes under the pseudonym of Roxanne Morgan

Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Mary Gentle's first published novel was Hawk in Silver (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the Orthe duology, which consists of Golden Witchbreed (1983) and Ancient Light (1987).

The novels Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), and Left to His Own Devices (1994), together with several short stories, form a loosely linked series (collected in White Crow in 2003). As with Michael Moorcock's series about his anti-heroic Jerry Cornelius, Gentle's sequence retains some basic facts about her two protagonists Valentine (also known as the White Crow) and Casaubon while changing much else about them, including what wor ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 12,126 ratings · 1,196 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Grunts 3.51 avg rating — 1,681 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ash: A Secret History (Book of Ash, #1-4) 4.11 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,123 ratings — published 1983 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Secret History (The Book of Ash, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sundial in a Grave: 1610 3.59 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 2003 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rats and Gargoyles (White Crow Sequence #1) 3.58 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Opera 3.37 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Light (Orthe #2) 3.66 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carthage Ascendant (The Book of Ash, #2) by Mary Gentle, Donato Giancola (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Machines (Book of Ash, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“War doesn’t have a kingdom,” she said. “War belongs to the whole world. Come on, my little scarlet Horseman. Have a drink.”
― Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History

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“All warriors are brothers in arms, whether they fight for the Light or the Dark. We are fated always to make war on our own kind.”
― Mary Gentle, Grunts

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“Very little,” Ash said honestly. “I’d believe very little you told me.”

“Because I’m a traitor, in your eyes?”

“No,” she said. “Because you’re a traitor in your eyes.”
― Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History

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44 votes, 19.8%

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West of Eden, by Harry Harrison

30 votes, 13.5%

Farthing, by Jo Walton

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